The young team outplays the "veteran" team down the stretch...What does that tell you.??? It says OKC gets at least one in La...Maybe two.....Broom..Broomm..Sweep..Sweeps...the fat lady is warming up...sound familiar???

I hate the Lakers, especially after game 7 two years ago but don't count them out yet. OKC shot 60-65% 1st 3 qtrs game 1 but tonight they weren't falling. LA up by 7 tonight with 2 min to go. Why ? Bynum & Bryant 20 pts each and Gasol 14 pts and rebs were 41-36 so 5 extra chances for LA but the Biggies really controlled the paint winning with 46 to 34 points. Now the series switches to LA and their two 7 footers will always keep them close if OKC shoots anywhere from 35-45%.

Again, don't count them out yet. I got 3 out of 4 on my personal parlay today, Celtics win & Lakers & Yankees lose but Sox lose to a team I hate almost as much as the Yankees, Tampa Bay !!!

I hate the Lakers, especially after game 7 two years ago but don't count them out yet. OKC shot 60-65% 1st 3 qtrs game 1 but tonight they weren't falling. LA up by 7 tonight with 2 min to go. Why ? Bynum & Bryant 20 pts each and Gasol 14 pts and rebs were 41-36 so 5 extra chances for LA but the Biggies really controlled the paint winning with 46 to 34 points. Now the series switches to LA and their two 7 footers will always keep them close if OKC shoots anywhere from 35-45%. Again, don't count them out yet. I got 3 out of 4 on my personal parlay today, Celtics win & Lakers & Yankees lose but Sox lose to a team I hate almost as much as the Yankees, Tampa Bay !!!Posted by mandobello

Lakers are toast. They have to win 4 out of 5 and a back to back Friday and Saturday. Put a fork in them.

I can't lie. This one hurt. Not sure I've ever seen Kobe fall apart in the final minutes like he did last night. What a dramatic shift in the direction of this series. In the past when the Lakers were in the postition that OKC is in now, I always felt the series was essentially over. Despite that, I will never count out my team.

The Lakertrolls would never stop if this was the Celtics. The only question is are they sweepbound like last year.

The back to backs are unfair to both teams and no team in the playoffs should have to deal with it, but finally after years of getting breaks with home games with the Clippers they get screwed because the Clipper are in the playoffs.

I am assuming that Staples has booking problems with the Kings, Clippers and Lakers all in the playoffs.

I guess 9-25 is better than the 6-24 KoME shot when he stole Pau's finals MVP... But giving up NINE STRAIGHT points, and KoME having TWO turnovers and a missed shot in the last 2 minutes.... in a game the officials tried to give LA OVER and OVER... pitiful .Posted by rameakap

Mr. Bryant is getting hammered on the LA Times this morning............almost as much as Mr. Brown!!!!

What do you expect? Kobe isn't going to be able to carry the team for 30 of 48 minutes anymore. They have to be able to save him a bit for the 4th quarter.

Last night was the worst possible scenario for the lakers. A close game that took a lot of energy but that they eventually lost. Better for the lakers if the officials had just let the thunder open the game up in the second quarter as they were about to do before all the bizarre whistles. Then they could have rested the starters and at least tried to win one game at home.

As it stands now, the lakers best shot at winning a game might be to throw game 3 and make a stand in game 4.

Well LA has lost every series it was down 2-0 in since Shaq left... '07 vs. Suns * This was when Kobe quit on his teammates like a complete loser yet was somehow awarded Pau in an 'at the time' joke of trade 7 months later. So he ran Shaq out of town, quit on the guys he had, demanded better teammates, and LA gave up nothing of value at the time to satisfy him... love ya Stern '08 vs. Celtics *subsequent games featured historic/pathetic collapse in game 4 at home, and the humiliating 39 point loss in game 6 in Boston as I lit up cigars in the nosebleeds... '11 vs. Dallas * The shameful black eye on the sport in game 4 of the pathetic SWEEP where LA showed its true colors as frontrunning thugs who pick on guys half their size and get ejected/suspended. (The Celts showed how to defend a title with heart and class when they went to 7 with the eventual EC champ Magic despite not having KG since February) So clearly this entire run since the Gasol trade has featured a team of several disreputable human beings (Kobe, Bynum, Odom, Artest) turned into champions by a shady trade half the owners in the league called foul on (and several claimed to have made better offers for Gasol) Then they all act like immature thugs when they lose in humiliating fashion... and yet this is the team Stern needed to tell his refs to award the title to in game 7 two years ago over the gritty underdog Celtics playing with so much heart and pride through multiple injuries??? What a joke. I wonder what the loser in Hollywood have in store when it all ends in game 4 or 5 this year???
Posted by rameakap

Am I the only guy who during the last 2 minutes thought about Game 7 two years ago. Firstly, Blake's pass to Kobe that Westbrook tried to intercept showed in the replay his hand did not touch the ball but he did disrupt Kobe's view & it went through Kobe's hands. But Refs gave ball to Lakers, I think. Why wasn't there a replay video in last 2 minutes ? LA was still ahead by 2 pts I think with about a min to go.

But when I think of Artest, Kobe & Blake 3 pts misses while wide open which could have been daggers, I recall, luck or skill, that Fisher & Artest made a couple of 3s against us in last closing minutes that were daggers. Fisher was to be expected, but Artest...UGH !!! Want the next 2 games for Celtics for PP to heal, although he says his knees are fine, and for PP, KG & Allen to rest.

It is hilarious that those dudes that wasted days out of thier lives doing nothing but trying to aggravate Celtics fans only made this sweeter. If it wasn't for them no one would be even writing about L.A. right now. Because they aren't that good.

I guess 9-25 is better than the 6-24 KoME shot when he stole Pau's finals MVP... But giving up NINE STRAIGHT points, and KoME having TWO turnovers and a missed shot in the last 2 minutes.... in a game the officials tried to give LA OVER and OVER... pitiful .Posted by rameakap

Now come on ramekap, did you really expect KoMe to do any better than he did? What a glorious end it will be to the Lackers/Fakers/Chokers/Losers season to see them get swept out of the playoffs once again after last season's thug meltdown. And KoMe gets to go down in the annals of NBA lore as one of the greatest whiners of all time. Can't wait!!!!

Newsflash. L.A. is not that good. It is hilarious that those dudes that wasted days out of thier lives doing nothing but trying to aggravate Celtics fans only made this sweeter. If it wasn't for them no one would be even writing about L.A. right now. Because they aren't that good.Posted by snakeoil123

In Response to Re: What a CHOKE by KoME and LA... WOW : To be fair, the Lakers would look a lot better playing an 8 seed. ;)Posted by FlobusMcNugget

Well yeah. But to be fair I haven't been on here all year saying how awesome the Celtics were only to see them flame out in the second round. Did I just say anything about the Celtics being better than L.A.?

Celtics have an easy ride. No doubt. But that isn't the point of what I said previously at all.

In Response to Re: What a CHOKE by KoME and LA... WOW : Well yeah. But to be fair I haven't been on here all year saying how awesome the Celtics were only to see them flame out in the second round. Did I just say anything about the Celtics being better than L.A.? Celtics have an easy ride. No doubt. But that isn't the point of what I said previously at all.Posted by snakeoil123

I completely understand giving it back to the people who have been dishing it. And while I you may not be saying it, the gloating of some Celtics fans around here I find to be a bit premature.

In Response to Re: What a CHOKE by KoME and LA... WOW : I completely understand giving it back to the people who have been dishing it. And while I you may not be saying it, the gloating of some Celtics fans around here I find to be a bit premature.Posted by FlobusMcNugget

i second that...this series isnt over, and even though i dislike the lakers there's still time for a comeback no matter how slim the chance. i figure if the refs "slowed" the game down last night, they can easily do it again friday and saturday.

it really is funny though. i live out in so. cal and it is crazy how the laker fans are out here...one day they are winning the championship and the next they are hollering "fire mike brown!" from one extreme to another.